Lesson Plan: Basics of badminton equipment to make you look and sound like a professional!

	What?	How long?	Materials?
Bridges	Have all of you played badminton before?  Can anyone summarize what you need in order to play?	0.5 minute
Learning Objectives	Students will learn the difference between feather and plastic shuttlecocks/birdies.  How to pick up a birdie with their racket and differentiating real and fake badminton rackets.
Teaching Objectives	To engage and maintain group interest.   To enlighten students about badminton.
Pretest	“Does anyone know the difference in the aerodynamics between the 2 kinds of birdies? If yes, explain”.   “Does anyone know how to tell the difference between a real and fake racket? If yes, explain.”	1.5 minutes
Participating Learning	Visual and physical observations of the 2 kinds of birdies and rackets. Practice picking up birdies with racket.	5 minutes	Plastic & feather birdies. Real and fake rackets.
Post-test	Ask the students to pick up birdies with their racket.  Explain the difference between the 2 types of birdies and details for an authentic racket.	2 minutes
Summary and Wrap-up	Now you can look like a professional on the court (at times) and be able to decipher authenticity of rackets.	1 minute